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Quiver, n.
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A portable sheath in which the ancient statesman and the aboriginal lawyer carried their lighter arguments.
[He extracted from his quiver]
He extracted from his quiver,Did this controversial Roman,
An argument well fitted
To the question as submitted,
Then addressed it to the liver,
Of the unpersuaded foeman.
Oglum P. Boomp.
Quixotic, adj.
[_]
Absurdly chivalric, like Don Quixote. An insight into the beauty and excellence of this incomparable adjective is unhappily denied to him who has the misfortune to know that the gentleman's name is pronounced Ke-ho-tay.
[When ignorance from out our lives can banish]
When ignorance from out our lives can banishPhilology, 'tis folly to know Spanish.
Juan Smith.
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Quotation, n.
[Intent on making his quotation truer]
Intent on making his quotation truer,He sought the page infallible of Brewer,
Then made a solemn vow that he would be
Condemned eternally. Ah, me, ah, me!
Stumpo Gaker.
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